Engineers at Johnson Space Center in Houston unveiled a new real-life female superhero who one day might travel to Mars.

Valkyrie is a robot designed to compete in a military competition worth $2 million.

The competition is being put on by the Defense Advanced Reserch Projects Agency, a military agency designed to advance technology.

The DARPA Robotics Challenge is all about motivating companies to come up with robots that could boldly go where no human can, such as disaster zones like the Fukushima nuclear explosion in Japan.

"We really wanted to design a robot that when you saw it, it was just wow, that's awesome. (Valkyrie) is very strong, very capable," said Johnson Space Center team leader Nicolaus Radford.

Although NASA said its robot is gender neutral, we suspect they did lean toward the feminine. Valkyrie is a female character from Norse mythology who decides which soldiers die and which will live. And we also point to her feminine figure.

To win the $2 million at the Robotics Challenge, Valkyrie will have to prove she can do various tasks normally easy for a human, like walking on uneven flooring, climbing a ladder, using tools and driving.

The team sees its competition in the more masculine Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics. NASA anticipates it may be a fierce fight, so they made sure repairs were easy.

"When we designed the robot we were thinking about the competition from day one," said Radford. "We really wanted a modular system. We can take one bolt and one connector and take the arm off in a matter of minutes."

Valkyrie stands at 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 275 pounds. She also comes equipped with cameras on her forehead, arms, knees and feet as well as the obligatory eyes in the back of her head (kidding).

Trials start next week with the final competition in a years time. You go girl!